Travis Kavulla ’06-’07
is a history concentrator from Mather House and is the editor of The Harvard Salient. He returns for a fourth semester as a columnist to write “The Learning Curve,” focusing (mostly) on undergraduate education, which will run on alternate Mondays.

Alex Slack ’06
is a former editorial chair and history concentrator in a part of Leverett G-Tower overlooking the grad housing construction site. As soon as he gets a good night’s sleep, his column “Peripheral Vision” will cover local issues just beyond the purview of the average Harvard student. Look both ways, and find his column on alternate Mondays.

Matthew A. Gline ’06
a physics concentrator in Quincy House, wants desperately to legitimize his web surfing addiction. To that end, “Bits and Bytes,” his column on technology policy at Harvard and in the world at large, will appear on alternate Tuesdays.

Hannah E.S. Wright ’06
is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House and former associate editorial chair. Convinced that three and a half years at Harvard have finally given her standing to comment on campus issues, she will attempt “To Be Perfectly Honest” on alternate Tuesdays.

Margaret M. Rossman ’06
an English concentrator in Mather House and a former deputy editorial chair, plans to bring her Midwest flare to the brutal brick walls of Harvard. Putting her tendency to overanalyze to good use, she will dissect the minutiae of Harvard life in “The Back Yard.” She expects to wittily skewer the painfully obvious on alternate Tuesdays.

Greg M. Schmidt ’06
is a social studies concentrator in Eliot House. In his continuing quest to be a member of all four estates simultaneously, his column, “Depart to serve better,” appearing on alternate Tuesdays, will explain how the Harvard experience—academic, extracurricular, cultural—molds citizens and leaders on campus and beyond.

Loui Itoh ’07
is a government and comparative study of religion concentrator in Quincy House. Frustrated by the results of the 2004 elections, she is on a crusade to convince the world that Jesus would not always vote Republican. Her column “Saving Grace” appears on alternate Wednesdays.

Ashton R. Lattimore ’08
is an English concentrator in Dunster House. She wanted to write a campus gossip column, but since The Crimson doesn’t do that sort of thing, she’ll instead spend her time exposing slightly more socially acceptable food for thought on issues that are often buried. Her column, “Under the Carpet,” appears on alternate Wednesdays.

Samuel M. Simon ’06

a social studies concentrator in Eliot House, hails from the Cambridge of the Southwest—Santa Fe, New Mexico. In his column, "Base Politics," which will run on alternate Thursdays, he will try to justify his life by making the peons of electoral politics seem important.Eric A. Kester ’08
an anthropology concentrator in Winthrop House, will provide a humorous and sympathetic view of the life of a Harvard student in his column “Are You Serious?” Join Eric on alternating Thursdays and take a comic look at college life through the eyes of a guy who spends too much time playing video games, worrying about the Red Sox, and trying to work the washing machine.

Rebecca D. O’Brien ’06
a History and Literature concentrator in Kirkland House, is the former associate managing editor of The Crimson and a recovering perfectionist. Her column “Undercovered” will appear on alternate Fridays, and will focus on the (sometimes hilarious, often tragic) disconnect between students and the Faculty at Harvard.

Adam Goldenberg ’08
is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. His column, “Sardonic Verses,” will continue to offer an irreverent outsider’s perspective on the daily news, campus issues, and the world in general on alternate Fridays.